I finally grew a pair and put together my first water loop. The setup was inspired by many on OCN, and it is performing beautifully! My GTX 690 current sits at 25C idle, and peaks around 42C, while my CPU has been idling at 30C and peaks at 68-70C on a blended prime95 run (4.5 GHz @ 1.195V).

Did you ever think about getting the "L" shaped EK block for your Formula MB? I know its costly but it looks so good paired up with EK's CPU block!

I also have an EK inspired Asus Maximus V Formula water cooled computer.

I thought about it briefly, but the only reason the motherboard has any water cooling is because it was built in and my tubing fit. Otherwise, I'd probably have kept "some" cash in my pocket and not cooled it at all